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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 221], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1h], BUST TYPE L

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG] [1h]; bust l., laur., cuir. [L].

REVERSE

PRINCIPII-VVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. facing, head l., in military dress, holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1h. Not attested for this reverse type (p. 137). Note that bust is quite different from typical cuirassed bust L (cf. LONDINIUM [before 134]) and may be regarded as trabeate. Listed in Huvelin (no. 119; bust cuirassed). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 84, no. 3543; bust cuirassed). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.06.019; this coin, bust cuirassed). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 221.

NOTES

Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXIV, no. 3543).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski